This large water jar has a quadrate layout (four world quarters), two panels of which have a parrot on a branch with leaves, perched beneath a double rainbow band, and two panels of split arcs framing a split, somewhat rectangular motif, possibly representing lightning, with a triangle, which could be a cloud, at the bottom. A spirit line encircles the lower part of the jar. Parrots and macaws, both imported into the Southwest from Mesoamerica, are distinguished in their depiction on Acoma and Laguna pottery by their tail feathers; macaw tail feathers are much longer and often curl upwards at the tips.

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This large water jar has a quadrate layout (four world quarters), two panels of which have a parrot on a branch with leaves, perched beneath a double rainbow band, and two panels of split arcs framing a split, somewhat rectangular motif, possibly representing lightning, with a triangle, which could be a cloud, at the bottom. A spirit line encircles the lower part of the jar. Parrots and macaws, both imported into the Southwest from Mesoamerica, are distinguished in their depiction on Acoma and Laguna pottery by their tail feathers; macaw tail feathers are much longer and often curl upwards at the tips.